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Miss Universe 1962
Miss Universe 1962, the 11th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 14 July 1962 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Norma Nolan of Argentina was crowned by her predecessor Marlene Schmidt of Germany. The Best National Costume were awarded for the first time. Results Placements Contestants * - Norma Nolan * - Christa Linder * - Christine Delit * - Gabriela Roca Díaz * - Maria Olívia Rebouças Cavalcanti * - Marilyn McFatridge * - Yvonne D'Rozario * - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco * - Helvetia Albonico * - Aurora Prieto * - Gilette Hazoume * - Sarah Olimpia Frómeta * - Elaine Ortega Hougen * - Kim Carlton * - Anja Aulikki Järvinen * - Sabine Surget * - Gisela Karschuck * - Kristina Apostolou * - Marianne van der Hayden * - Evelyn Miot * - Shirley Pon * - Anna Geirsdóttir * - Josie Dwyer * - Yehudit Mazor Rounik * - Isa Stoppi * - Kazuko Hirano * - Seo Bum-joo * - Nouhad Cabbabe * - Fernande Kodesch * - Sarah Alhabshee A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Nolan
Norma Beatriz Nolan (born 22 April 1938) is an Argentine beauty queen who was the first woman from Argentina to win the Miss Universe title. Nolan is of Irish and Italian descent. She was crowned Miss Argentina in 1962 by her predecessor, Adriana Gardiazábal, who was the second runner-up in the previous pageant. See also *Miss Universe 1962 *List of Argentines Argentines who are notable include: Artists * Roberto Aizenberg, painter and sculptor *Oscar Alemán, jazz guitarist * Antonio Alice, portrait painter * Marcelo Álvarez, tenor *Martha Argerich, concert pianist *Daniel Barenboim, pianist and co ... References External linksAbc.gov.ar(In Spanish) 1938 births Argentine beauty pageant winners Argentine female models Argentine people of Irish descent Argentine people of Italian descent Living people Miss Universe 1962 contestants Miss Universe winners {{Argentina-model-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area (after Cuba) at , and third-largest by population, with approximately 10.7 million people (2022 est.), down from 10.8 million in 2020, of whom approximately 3.3 million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city. The official language of the country is Spanish. The native Taíno people had inhabited Hispaniola before the arrival of Europeans, dividing it into five chiefdoms. They had constructed an advanced farming and hunting society, and were in the process of becoming an organized civilization. The Taínos also in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Miot
Evelyn Miot (born 1943) is a Haitian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Haiti 1962. she was the first black woman to reach the top fifteen at Miss Universe 1962 Miss Universe 1962, the 11th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 14 July 1962 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Norma Nolan of Argentina was crowned by her predecessor Marlene Schmidt of Germany. The Best National .... References 1943 births Haitian beauty pageant winners Haitian female models Living people Miss Universe 1962 contestants Date of birth missing (living people) {{Haiti-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christa Linder
Christa Linder is a German film actress.Weisser p.307 Selected filmography * ''Condemned to Sin'' (1964) * ''Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill'' (1966) * ''Seven Vengeful Women'' (1966) * ''The Strangler of the Tower'' (1966) * '' Countdown to Doomsday'' (1966) * ''The Rat Patrol'' Series TV S01E02 (1966) * ''Day of Anger'' (1967) * ''Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon'' (1967) *''Kommissar X – Drei grüne Hunde'' (1967) * ''The Incredible Invasion'' (1971) *''Italian Graffiti'' (1973) * ''Dracula in the Provinces ''Dracula in the Provinces'' ( it, Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco ovvero: Dracula in Brianza, lit. The Noble devilish Costante Nicose or: Dracula in Brianza) is a 1975 Italian horror comedy film directed by Lucio Fulci and starring Lando Buzz ...'' (1975) * '' Bel ami : l'emprise des caresses'' (1976) References Bibliography * Thomas Weisser. ''Spaghetti Westerns: the Good, the Bad and the Violent''. McFarland, 2005. External links * 1943 births German film actresses Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 October 1990. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc. West Germany was formed as a political entity during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, established from eleven states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The FRG's provisional capital was the city of Bonn, and the Cold War era country is retrospectively designated as the Bonn Republic. At the onset of the Cold War, Europe was divided between the Western and Eastern blocs. Germany was divided into the two countries. Initially, West Germany claimed an exclusive mandate for all of Germany, representing itself as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlene Schmidt
Marlene Schmidt (born 11 November 1937) is a German control engineer, actress, TV host and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1961. Born in Breslau, Germany and raised in East Germany, where she earned a master's degree in engineering, in 1960, she and her family fled to Stuttgart in West Germany, where she got a job as an electronics engineer. In 1961, she entered the state pageant of Baden-Württemberg in the hope of winning the car that was offered as prize. From there, she went on to represent her state in the national pageant in Baden-Baden, where she was crowned Miss Germany 1961. She then went on to win the Miss Universe pageant against 47 other participants. She was at that time the tenth consecutive German entrant to reach the semifinals of the event (then a record) and is the first (and to date only) German to be crowned Miss Universe. In 1962, Schmidt became the third of eight wives of the American actor Ty Hardin. They settled in the United States. The marriage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by a United States and Thailand based Miss Universe Organization.Natalie Tadena (July 2, 2015"Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant Lands on Reelz Cable Channel". ''The Wall Street Journal''. It is one of the most watched pageants in the world with an estimated audience of over 500 million viewers in over 190 territories. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, Miss Universe is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The Miss Universe Organization is currently owned by JKN Global Group. Telemundo has the licensing rights to air the pageant through 2023. The pageant's advocacy is "humanitarian issues and is a voice to affect positive change in the world." The current Miss Universe is Harnaaz Sandhu of India who was crowned on December 13, 2021 in Eilat, Israel. History The title "Miss Universe" was first used by the International Pageant of Pulchritude in 1926. This contest was h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe 1963
Miss Universe 1963, the 12th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 20 July 1963 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Norma Nolan of Argentina. This marks the first time that a Miss Universe titleholder marks the same placement as the 1962 World Cup champion. Fifty countries and territories participated. Results Placements Contestants * - Olga Galuzzi * - Gertrude Bergner * - Sandra Louise Young * - Irene Godin * - Ana María Velasco Gutiérrez * - Iêda Maria Vargas * - Gloria Blackman-Miller * - Jane Kmita * - Manel De Silva * - María Cristina Álvarez González * - Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa * - Alicia Margit Chia * - Philomena Zielinski * - Aino Korva * - Carmen Benicia Abinader de Benito * - Patricia Córdova * - Riitta Anja Hellevi Kautiainen * - Monique Lemaire * - Helga Carla Ziesemer * - Despina Orgeta * - Else Onstenk * - Theódóra Þór ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe 1961
Miss Universe 1961, the 10th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held on 15 July 1961 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Marlene Schmidt of West Germany, Germany was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Linda Bement of the United States. Results Placements Contestants * - Adriana Gardiazábal * - Ingrid Bayer * - Nicole Ksinozenicki * - Gloria Soruco Suárez * - Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha * - Khin Myint Myint † * - Wilda Reynolds * - Ranjini Nilani Jayatilleke * - María Gloria Silva † * - Patricia Whitman Owin * - Martha García Vieta * - Jyette Nielsen * - Yolanda Palacios Charvet * - Arlette Dobson * - Ritva Tuulikki Wächter * - Simone Darot * - Marlene Schmidt * - Eleftheria (Ria) Deloutsi * - Anabelle Sáenz * - Gita Kamman * - Kristjana Magnúsdóttir * - Jean Russell * - Atida Pisanti * - Vivianne Romano * - Marguerite LeWars * - Akemi Toyama * - Seo Yang-hee * - Leila Antaki * - Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colony Of Singapore
Singapore was a British colony for 144 years, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1942 to 1945 during the Pacific War. When the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945, at the end of World War II, Singapore was returned to British rule. The Straits Settlements were subsequently dissolved in 1946, and together with Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island, Singapore became a separate Crown colony. The Crown colony was governed by the United Kingdom until it gained partial internal self-governance in 1955. Singapore subsequently gained full internal self-governance on 3 June 1959, at which point it became known as the State of Singapore. Singapore went on to merge with Malaya, Sarawak and North Borneo to form Malaysia on 16 September 1963, thereby ending 144 years of British rule on the island. On 9 August 1965, Singapore was separated from Malaysia to become an independent sovereign country, due to political, economic and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
